South Okanagan
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South Okanagan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia
beginning with the election of 1916
. Following the 1975 election
boundary revisions accompanied the riding's renaming to Okanagan South
. The riding was originally part of the Yale
riding until 1890, and when first that riding was broken up the Okanagan was in Yale-East
(1894–1900), and then in Okanagan
(1903–1912). Both South Okanagan and North Okanagan
were created in advance of the 1916 election.
to 1972
. The second-most famous MLA from this riding was his son, William Richards Bennett, Premier from 1975 election
to 1986 election
.
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|Conservative
|James William Jones
|align="right"|845
|align="right"|54.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Leslie Vivian Rogers
|align="right"|705
|align="right"|45.48%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,550
!align="right"|100.00%
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!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|}
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|Conservative
|James William Jones
|align="right"|1,882
|align="right"|56.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Leslie Vivian Rogers
|align="right"|1,433
|align="right"|43.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,315
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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!align="right" colspan=7|1 Endorsed by FLP but ran on SPC platform.
|}
|-
|Conservative
|James William Jones
|align="right"|2,009
|align="right"|52.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Charles Barrell Latta
|align="right"|1,318
|align="right"|34.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Canadian Labour Party
|John William Stalker Logie
|align="right"|125
|align="right"|3.30%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Provincial
|Hubert Bertram Daniel Lysons
|align="right"|340
|align="right"|8.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,792
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|}
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|Conservative
|James William Jones
|align="right"|2,145
|align="right"|56.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Daniel Wilbur Sutherland
|align="right"|1,680
|align="right"|43.92%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,825
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|21
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|}
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|Liberal
|Joseph Allen Harris
|align="right"|1,636
|align="right"|36.66%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent Conservative 1
|James William Jones
|align="right"|1,445
|align="right"|32.38%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Owen Lewis Jones
|align="right"|1,382
|align="right"|30.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,463
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|0
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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!align="right"|
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!align="right" colspan=7|1 Endorsed by the Independent CCF.
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|-
|Liberal
|Cecil Robert Bull
|align="right"|2,388
|align="right"|45.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Silvanus Noble Dixon
|align="right"|815
|align="right"|15.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
|Thomas Grantham Norris
|align="right"|2,101
|align="right"|39.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,304
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|57
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|}
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|Conservative
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett 2
|align="right"|2,009
|align="right"|37.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Cecil Robert Bull
|align="right"|1,769
|align="right"|33.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Felicia Snowsell
|align="right"|1,552
|align="right"|29.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,330
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|53
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!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|2 Electoral debut. Later 25th Premier of British Columbia
, 1952–1972, and father of 27th Premier
, William Richards Bennett (both Social Credit.
|}
|-
|Coalition
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|3,706
|align="right"|64.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Gladys Adelia Webster
|align="right"|2,062
|align="right"|35.75%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,768
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|140
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!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
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|Coalition
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|6,555
|align="right"|58.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Thomas Wilkinson
|align="right"|4,669
|align="right"|41.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,224
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|171
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
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|BC Social Credit League
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|6,082
|align="right"|51.24%
|align="right"|6,082
|align="right"|51.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Cecil Robert Bull
|align="right"|1,763
|align="right"|14.85%
|align="right"|1,763
|align="right"|14.85%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|William Bower Hughes-Games
|align="right"|1,371
|align="right"|11.55%
|align="right"|1,371
|align="right"|11.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Thomas Wilkinson
|align="right"|2,654
|align="right"|22.36%
|align="right"|2,654
|align="right"|22.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,870
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|11,870
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|543
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
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!align="right" colspan=9|3 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; one count only needed in this riding.
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|Social Credit
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|6,756
|align="right"|58.51%
|align="right"|6,756
|align="right"|58.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Katharine Frances Huntington Weddell
|align="right"|403
|align="right"|3.49%
|align="right"|403
|align="right"|3.49%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Thomas Wilkinson
|align="right"|2,427
|align="right"|21.02%
|align="right"|2,427
|align="right"|21.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|John Victor Hyde Wilson
|align="right"|1,961
|align="right"|16.98%
|align="right"|1,961
|align="right"|16.98 %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,547
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|11,547
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|477
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters
!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|4 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 2) not shown.
|}
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|Social Credit
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|7,694
|align="right"|69.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Cecil Robert Bull
|align="right"|1,230
|align="right"|11.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Walter Ratzlaff
|align="right"|1,663
|align="right"|15.07%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Brian Coryell Weddell
|align="right"|451
|align="right"|4.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,038
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|186
!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
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|}
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|Liberal
|Joseph M. Barre
|align="right"|1,238
|align="right"|9.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|8,058
|align="right"|59.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|Walter Ratzlaff
|align="right"|2,902
|align="right"|21.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Hubert Stuart Harrison Smith
|align="right"|1,256
|align="right"|9.34%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|13,454
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|301
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
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|New Democrat
|Barbara Sydney Bedell
|align="right"|1,707
|align="right"|12.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|8,485
|align="right"|63.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Arthur Parsons Dawe
|align="right"|642
|align="right"|4.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|James Marshall
|align="right"|2,488
|align="right"|18.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|13,322
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|115
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Social Credit
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|8,747
|align="right"|73.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Leo Joseph Matte
|align="right"|1,274
|align="right"|10.65%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Thomas Rose
|align="right"|1,936
|align="right"|16.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,957
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|135
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Social Credit
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|13,074
|align="right"|72.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Robert Dickson Knox
|align="right"|1,957
|align="right"|10.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Eva A. Pfeifer
|align="right"|3,078
|align="right"|17.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|18,109
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|205
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Social Credit
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|12,122
|align="right"|49.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|James Crosland Doak
|align="right"|2,188
|align="right"|9.01%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Frank Snowsell
|align="right"|6,060
|align="right"|24.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Roger MacPhail Tait
|align="right"|3,917
|align="right"|16.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|24,287
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|304
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
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|Social Credit
|William Richards Bennett
|align="right"|17,918
|align="right"|55.04%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
|Alex William Crouch
|align="right"|1,712
|align="right"|5.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
|Hugh Duncan Dendy
|align="right"|10,851
|align="right"|33.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Tom Finkelstein
|align="right"|2,072
|align="right"|6.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|32,553
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|209
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|5 27th Premier of British Columbia
.
|}
Redistribution of the riding following the 1975 election
saw adjustments of its boundaries and a new name, Okanagan South
, for the 1979 election
.
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
beginning with the election of 1916
British Columbia general election, 1916
The British Columbia general election of 1916 was the fourteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on July 5, 1916, and held on September 14, 1916...
. Following the 1975 election
British Columbia general election, 1975
The British Columbia general election of 1975 was the 31st general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on November 3, 1975, and held on December 11, 1975...
boundary revisions accompanied the riding's renaming to Okanagan South
Okanagan South
Okanagan South was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1979 and lasting until the 1986 election. The riding is similar to, but not the same as, its main predecessor, South Okanagan, which expired in 1975 but had been the...
. The riding was originally part of the Yale
Yale (provincial electoral district)
Yale was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from the province's joining Confederation in 1871. It was a 3-member constituency and retained the name Yale until the 1894 election, at which time it was split into three ridings, Yale-East, Yale-North and...
riding until 1890, and when first that riding was broken up the Okanagan was in Yale-East
Yale-East
Yale-East was a provincial electoral district in the British Columbia legislature that appeared only in the 1894, 1898 and 1900 elections. It and its sister ridings Yale-West and Yale-North were created from the older three-member Yale , which was one of the province's first twelve ridings as of...
(1894–1900), and then in Okanagan
Okanagan (electoral district)
Okanagan was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1903 to 1912.For other current and historical electoral districts in the Okanagan region, please see Okanagan .- Demographics :...
(1903–1912). Both South Okanagan and North Okanagan
North Okanagan
North Okanagan was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1916. Following the 1975 election boundary revisions accompanied the riding's renaming to Okanagan North...
were created in advance of the 1916 election.
Notable MLAs
The most famous MLA from this riding was indubitably W.A.C. Bennett, who won the seat originally as a Conservative in 1941, sat with the Coalition in '45 and '49, then joined the Social Credit League of British Columbia in the preferential-ballot melee of '52 and '53 which led to his securing majority rule for his long tenure as Premier from 1953British Columbia general election, 1953
The British Columbia general election of 1953 was the 24th general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 10, 1953, and held on June 9, 1953...
to 1972
British Columbia general election, 1972
The 30th general election for the Canadian province of British Columbia was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on July 24, 1972, and held on August 30, 1972...
. The second-most famous MLA from this riding was his son, William Richards Bennett, Premier from 1975 election
British Columbia general election, 1975
The British Columbia general election of 1975 was the 31st general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on November 3, 1975, and held on December 11, 1975...
to 1986 election
British Columbia general election, 1986
The British Columbia general election of 1986 was the 34th general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on September 24, 1986...
.
Election results
Note: Winners of each election are in bold.|-
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|James William Jones
James William Jones
James William Jones was a merchant, realtor and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented South Okanagan from 1916 to 1933 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative....
|align="right"|845
|align="right"|54.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Leslie Vivian Rogers
|align="right"|705
|align="right"|45.48%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|1,550
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|James William Jones
James William Jones
James William Jones was a merchant, realtor and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented South Okanagan from 1916 to 1933 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative....
|align="right"|1,882
|align="right"|56.77%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Leslie Vivian Rogers
|align="right"|1,433
|align="right"|43.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,315
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|1 Endorsed by FLP but ran on SPC platform.
|}
|-
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|James William Jones
James William Jones
James William Jones was a merchant, realtor and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented South Okanagan from 1916 to 1933 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative....
|align="right"|2,009
|align="right"|52.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Charles Barrell Latta
|align="right"|1,318
|align="right"|34.76%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Canadian Labour Party
Canadian Labour Party
The Canadian Labour Party was an early, unsuccessful attempt at creating a national labour party in Canada. Although it ran candidates in the federal elections of 1917, 1921, 1925 and 1926, it never succeeded in its goal of providing a national forum for the Canadian labour movement...
|John William Stalker Logie
|align="right"|125
|align="right"|3.30%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Provincial
Provincial Party of British Columbia
The Provincial Party of British Columbia was a political party in British Columbia, Canada.It was formed by a group of British Columbia Conservative Party dissidents known as the "Committee of 100", led and funded by the wealthy General Alexander McRae and political elements from the United...
|Hubert Bertram Daniel Lysons
|align="right"|340
|align="right"|8.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,792
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|James William Jones
James William Jones
James William Jones was a merchant, realtor and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented South Okanagan from 1916 to 1933 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative....
|align="right"|2,145
|align="right"|56.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent
|Daniel Wilbur Sutherland
|align="right"|1,680
|align="right"|43.92%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|3,825
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|21
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Joseph Allen Harris
|align="right"|1,636
|align="right"|36.66%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Independent Conservative 1
|James William Jones
|align="right"|1,445
|align="right"|32.38%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Owen Lewis Jones
|align="right"|1,382
|align="right"|30.97%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|4,463
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|0
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|1 Endorsed by the Independent CCF.
|}
|-
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Cecil Robert Bull
|align="right"|2,388
|align="right"|45.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Silvanus Noble Dixon
|align="right"|815
|align="right"|15.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Thomas Grantham Norris
|align="right"|2,101
|align="right"|39.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,304
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|57
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett 2
|align="right"|2,009
|align="right"|37.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Cecil Robert Bull
|align="right"|1,769
|align="right"|33.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Felicia Snowsell
|align="right"|1,552
|align="right"|29.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,330
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|53
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|2 Electoral debut. Later 25th Premier of British Columbia
Premier of British Columbia
The Premier of British Columbia is the first minister, head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Until the early 1970s the title Prime Minister of British Columbia was often used...
, 1952–1972, and father of 27th Premier
Premier of British Columbia
The Premier of British Columbia is the first minister, head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Until the early 1970s the title Prime Minister of British Columbia was often used...
, William Richards Bennett (both Social Credit.
|}
|-
|Coalition
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|3,706
|align="right"|64.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Gladys Adelia Webster
|align="right"|2,062
|align="right"|35.75%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|5,768
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|140
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Coalition
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|6,555
|align="right"|58.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Thomas Wilkinson
|align="right"|4,669
|align="right"|41.60%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,224
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|171
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|BC Social Credit League
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|6,082
|align="right"|51.24%
|align="right"|6,082
|align="right"|51.24%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Cecil Robert Bull
|align="right"|1,763
|align="right"|14.85%
|align="right"|1,763
|align="right"|14.85%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|William Bower Hughes-Games
|align="right"|1,371
|align="right"|11.55%
|align="right"|1,371
|align="right"|11.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Thomas Wilkinson
|align="right"|2,654
|align="right"|22.36%
|align="right"|2,654
|align="right"|22.36%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,870
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|11,870
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|543
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|3 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; one count only needed in this riding.
|}
|-
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|6,756
|align="right"|58.51%
|align="right"|6,756
|align="right"|58.51%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Katharine Frances Huntington Weddell
|align="right"|403
|align="right"|3.49%
|align="right"|403
|align="right"|3.49%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Thomas Wilkinson
|align="right"|2,427
|align="right"|21.02%
|align="right"|2,427
|align="right"|21.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|John Victor Hyde Wilson
|align="right"|1,961
|align="right"|16.98%
|align="right"|1,961
|align="right"|16.98 %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,547
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|11,547
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|477
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=9|4 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 2) not shown.
|}
|-
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|7,694
|align="right"|69.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Cecil Robert Bull
|align="right"|1,230
|align="right"|11.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Walter Ratzlaff
|align="right"|1,663
|align="right"|15.07%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Brian Coryell Weddell
|align="right"|451
|align="right"|4.09%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,038
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|186
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Joseph M. Barre
|align="right"|1,238
|align="right"|9.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|8,058
|align="right"|59.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Walter Ratzlaff
|align="right"|2,902
|align="right"|21.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Hubert Stuart Harrison Smith
|align="right"|1,256
|align="right"|9.34%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|13,454
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|301
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Barbara Sydney Bedell
|align="right"|1,707
|align="right"|12.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|8,485
|align="right"|63.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Arthur Parsons Dawe
|align="right"|642
|align="right"|4.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|James Marshall
|align="right"|2,488
|align="right"|18.68%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|13,322
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|115
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|8,747
|align="right"|73.15%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Leo Joseph Matte
|align="right"|1,274
|align="right"|10.65%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Thomas Rose
|align="right"|1,936
|align="right"|16.19%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|11,957
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|135
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|13,074
|align="right"|72.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Robert Dickson Knox
|align="right"|1,957
|align="right"|10.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Eva A. Pfeifer
|align="right"|3,078
|align="right"|17.00%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|18,109
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|205
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|William Andrew Cecil Bennett
|align="right"|12,122
|align="right"|49.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|James Crosland Doak
|align="right"|2,188
|align="right"|9.01%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Frank Snowsell
|align="right"|6,060
|align="right"|24.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Roger MacPhail Tait
|align="right"|3,917
|align="right"|16.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|24,287
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|304
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...
|William Richards Bennett
|align="right"|17,918
|align="right"|55.04%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Progressive Conservative
British Columbia Conservative Party
The British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
|Alex William Crouch
|align="right"|1,712
|align="right"|5.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...
|Hugh Duncan Dendy
|align="right"|10,851
|align="right"|33.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
|Tom Finkelstein
|align="right"|2,072
|align="right"|6.37%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|32,553
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|209
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=7|5 27th Premier of British Columbia
Premier of British Columbia
The Premier of British Columbia is the first minister, head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Until the early 1970s the title Prime Minister of British Columbia was often used...
.
|}
Redistribution of the riding following the 1975 election
British Columbia general election, 1975
The British Columbia general election of 1975 was the 31st general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on November 3, 1975, and held on December 11, 1975...
saw adjustments of its boundaries and a new name, Okanagan South
Okanagan South
Okanagan South was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia beginning with the election of 1979 and lasting until the 1986 election. The riding is similar to, but not the same as, its main predecessor, South Okanagan, which expired in 1975 but had been the...
, for the 1979 election
British Columbia general election, 1979
The British Columbia general election of 1979 was the 32nd general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 3, 1979...
.